Our Story World Just Got Bigger: Welcome Home, Bookworms and Binge-Watchers!
Apr 23 2024
Dear Fable community, By now, you know that we are deeply passionate about stories. From poetry to short stories to novels, we believe great stories come in all forms.Our vision is to create a space for everyone who loves stories to connect, share perspectives, and have a fun experience in a safe community. For us, a story is an experience, and a book is one of the vessels that carries this beautiful experience. There are many vessels that carry stories—whether it’s in a print book, an audiobook, an ebook, a TV show, a movie, or even a game. We love them all. And we know you do, too.This is why, for the last few months, our small but dedicated team has been working hard on the next chapter in our own story. Today, we are introducing a new format of stories on Fable: television shows. If you’ve spent time in Fable’s For You feed, you know TV shows and adaptations have already been part of the lively discussions on Fable. Now, we’re giving them a more creative home.
Here’s how it will work
For readers, we’ve long been working to make Fable the best place to discover new books, meet new people, talk about what you’re reading, manage your lists and reviews, track your goals, and so much more. For TV shows, we’re starting with the core community experiences. That means:- TV clubs will feel familiar to anyone in a Fable book club: You’ll find TV clubs to watch and discuss specific shows or genres of shows, just like our book clubs. Clubs can be set up with milestones, and you will be able to discuss episodes in spoiler-protected discussion rooms. Clubs can be public or private and can have multiple moderators. In addition to these features, we’re working on customization of the club experience for TV fans, so stay tuned!
- You’ll find discussions about your favorite TV shows in the For You feed, where you can meet like-minded TV fans, share trailers, images, and articles, and chat about your latest binge or OMG watch.
- You’ll be able to track the TV show seasons you want to watch, are currently watching, finished watching, or didn’t finish. Over time, we’ll use your TV lists to make recommendations of other great shows you might enjoy.
What does this mean for Fable as a platform for book lovers?
If you’re currently a Fable user, we know it’s because you love reading. Unlike some big corporations that treat books as just another object to ship, we treat it as a treasure that should be shared, and that won’t change! Books are built into our DNA, and we’ll continue to prioritize them with new features, catalog expansions, and exciting new clubs—everything you love about Fable today.Here are a few things you can count on:- We will continue to invest in bookish tools for readers, which means: More ways to customize your lists, more tools for your clubs, exciting ways to discover new books, and much more. We have big plans to keep making Fable the perfect home for bookworms.
- We have been, and will continue to be, thoughtful about the user experience for all types of story lovers. You will have options to customize your experience so that you can see book-related content only, TV-related content only, or both. It’s up to you.
- We will continue to ensure Fable is a space for kind, caring, respectful, and motivational dialogue. You belong in this community, no matter what kinds of stories you love.
Explore show clubs with top creators
Today, Fable is home to clubs hosted by some of the most influential bookish creators. We are now thrilled to welcome some of the top TV show-based content creators to Fable as well! Starting today, you can join more than a dozen TV clubs, including:- Zai Rambles’ Film Club, watching “Blake Cake”
- Mammoth Mafia’s TV Club, watching “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
- Jess Spoll TV Club, watching “Shogun”
- SebScreen’s club, watching “Gravity Falls”
- Best of Bravo, watching “Summer House”
- Shiv’s TV Club, watching “Under the Bridge”
How to control what content you see on Fable
If you haven’t already, the next time you log into the Fable app, you’ll be prompted to select whether you’re interested in books, TV, or both.Your selection will inform the content you see throughout the Fable app. If you want to keep your experience on Fable just to books, you can select that option, and the content you see will remain exactly as it always has.You can always change this by going into your app settings and adjusting your preferences.Give it a try!
We are excited for this next chapter in our story, as we know you are, too. Fable has become a unique and special place, and that’s thanks to the support and contributions of our wonderful community—the best social platform on the internet. We hope you enjoy our approach to the expansion of our community of story-lovers with the same passion and thoughtfulness we brought to books. And as always, feel free to reach out to us at support@fable.co with any questions or concerns.